Activity of Masitinib (AB1010) in Mild to Moderate Alzheimer's Disease

NCT ID: NCT00976118

Last Updated: 2018-12-13

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

34 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2006-02-28

Study Completion Date

2009-02-28

Brief Summary

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This phase 2 study was designed to evaluate the activity of oral masitinib (AB1010) administered at 2 dose levels during 24 weeks to patients with mild to moderate confirmed Alzheimer's type disease.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Alzheimer's Disease

Keywords

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Dementia of Alzheimer's type mild to moderate Alzheimer's Disease

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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placebo

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

matching placebo to masitinib

oral masitinib (AB1010)

masitinib (AB1010) 3 or 6 mg/kg/day

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

masitinib (AB1010)

Intervention Type DRUG

oral masitinib 3 or 6 mg/kg/day

Interventions

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masitinib (AB1010)

oral masitinib 3 or 6 mg/kg/day

Intervention Type DRUG

placebo

matching placebo to masitinib

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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AB1010

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Outpatients from both sex
2. Age ≥ 50 years at screening
3. Menopause ≥ 2 years for women
4. Dementia of Alzheimer's type, according to DSM IV criteria
5. Probable Alzheimer' disease according to NINCDS-ADRDA criteria
6. MMSE ≥ 12 and ≤ 26 at baseline
7. CDR of 1 or 2 at baseline
8. Treated for a minimum of 6 months with a stable dose of cholinesterase inhibitors (donepezil, rivastigmine or galantamine) at baseline, and/or a stable dose of memantine for a minimum of 3 months at baseline, with no changes foreseen in therapy throughout the study
9. Presence of a reliable caregiver
10. Patient, identified caregiver and, if applicable, patient surrogate are able and willing to comply with study visits and procedures per protocol, understand, sign, and date the written voluntary informed consent form at the screening visit prior to any protocol-specific procedures performed
11. Affiliated to the French Social Security regimen

Exclusion Criteria

1. Any cause of dementia not due to Alzheimer's disease :

* other central nervous conditions causing progressive deficits in memory and cognition, e.g. cerebrovascular disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, brain tumor…
* systemic conditions known to cause dementia, e.g., hypothyroidism, untreated vitamin B12 or folic acid deficiency, niacin deficiency, neurosyphilis, HIV infection…
* substance-induced conditions
2. Alzheimer disease with delusions or delirium
3. Treatment with any registered or putative cognitive enhancer or disease modifier other than donepezil, galantamine, rivastigmine or memantine
4. Uncontrolled depression at screening
5. Evidence of psychosis and/or use of antipsychotic drugs at screening, or history of significant psychotic disorder or hospitalization for psychiatric disorders
6. Active current bacterial, viral (including hepatitis B and C, HIV, EBV, CMV, herpes zoster, herpes simplex), fungal, mycobacterium, protozoan, or other infection.
7. History of infection requiring hospitalization or treatment with antibiotics within 2 weeks of screening
8. Inadequate organ function, defined as follows : total bilirubin ≥ 1.5 x ULN, SGOT and SGPT ≥ 2.5 x UNL, creatinine clearance calculated by Crocroft method \< 35 ml/mn, ANC ≤ 2500, platelets ≤ 100 000 at baseline
9. Treatment with any investigational agent within 4 weeks of screening,
10. Men and their partner refusing to use 2 methods of medically acceptable forms of contraception during the study.
11. History of poor compliance or history of drug/alcohol abuse, or excessive alcohol beverage consumption that would interfere with the ability to comply with the study protocol, or current or past psychiatric disease that might interfere with the ability to comply with the study protocol or give informed consent
12. Any condition that, in the investigator's opinion, could be detrimental to subjects participating in this study as life expectancy \< 1 year, or any clinically important deviations from normal clinical laboratory values or concurrent medical events.
Minimum Eligible Age

50 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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AB Science

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

References

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Piette F, Belmin J, Vincent H, Schmidt N, Pariel S, Verny M, Marquis C, Mely J, Hugonot-Diener L, Kinet JP, Dubreuil P, Moussy A, Hermine O. Masitinib as an adjunct therapy for mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease: a randomised, placebo-controlled phase 2 trial. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2011 Apr 19;3(2):16. doi: 10.1186/alzrt75.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 21504563 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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Other Identifiers

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AB04024

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id